Getting your songs from grooveshark!

Grooveshark is an search engine, and streaming service for music. Users can stream and upload music that can be played immediately or added to a playlist. I 'm using grooveshark quite offen during my working hours. However, one day i decided to find a way to download music to my laptop for playing music offline or transfer them to my phone. After Googling a bit, i came up with the Groovedown. It is a java application and it is well mantainated. In linux you can run the application using this command:

java -jar GrooveDown.jar

Everything worked fine without a problem, and in a few minutes i had my entire playlist downloaded.

Skype 4

Last days i had some serious problems with the Skype. Either was not working, either the applicaiton was crashing. The version i was using was 2.2, quite old. So i though it was time to update to the latest version. So i did it:

What i like: fixed the issue with the v4l1compat.so library, now works out of the box; new icons, they look much more fresh. Of course the stability of the application improved as expected.  What i don't like: the new conversation window, although i believe i will get used it; and the longer load time, although the disk usage is lower than before (at least i think so).

Bottom line: give it a try, it is worth it. Even for the stability reasons or because you want to change the view!

Back to Barcelona... and ready for vacations!

Back home! After spending two and half months in Toronto working like crazy i 'm back. For some reason i feel much more relaxed. Maybe its the climate, maybe the people, maybe that the vacations are near. Yes, i 'm leaving for vacations next week. Due to a small health problem (acid reflux), this time i will avoid travelling  around Greece and exploring new places. I will just enjoy the sun and the sea doing nothing in my island! Well, of course i will check emails, but for sure i will not answer them. Funny, i reach again my limits.

Less than one week left and i really continue to work like crazy. But, whatever... i will soon leave everything behind for 12 days :)